Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.

📅 2025📏 % of total population215 entries

SamoaMalawiNigerSri LankaTongaVanuatuMicronesiaAfghanistanEswatiniChadTimor-LesteRwandaMaliBangladeshComorosEritreaKyrgyzstanIndiaVietnamMauritiusLaosMaldivesBhutanTogoLesothoSeychellesSierra LeoneNamibiaSomaliaGuatemalaIndonesiaFijiGeorgiaPortugalFrench PolynesiaKazakhstanMoroccoEcuadorCongoNorth KoreaIrelandChinaNew CaledoniaLatviaParaguayAngolaBoliviaFinlandBruneiRussiaAlgeriaIranCape VerdeColombiaFranceCosta RicaMexicoUnited StatesCanadaNorwayNew ZealandPeruAustraliaBrazilGreenlandChileJapanArgentinaIcelandGuamBermudaHong KongNauruSingapore

85.4% – 60.5%60.4% – 40.6%40.6% – 29.3%29.3% – 14.0%12.6% – 0.0%No data

🇱🇮Liechtenstein

85.4%

🇵🇬Papua New Guinea

84.2%

🇼🇸Samoa

82.5%

🇲🇼Malawi

82.4%

🇳🇪Niger

81.6%

🇱🇰Sri Lanka

79.6%

🇹🇴Tonga

78.8%

🇸🇸South Sudan

78.3%

🇻🇺Vanuatu

77.7%

🇫🇲Micronesia

77.5%

🇪🇹Ethiopia

75.9%

🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda

75.7%

🇧🇮Burundi

74.3%

🇦🇫Afghanistan

74.1%

🇹🇯Tajikistan

73.8%

🇬🇾Guyana

73.5%

🇸🇿Eswatini

73.3%

🇹🇩Chad

72.4%

🇹🇱Timor-Leste

71.2%

🇧🇫Burkina Faso

71.1%

🇱🇨Saint Lucia

70.9%

🇲🇲Myanmar

69.4%

🇷🇼Rwanda

69.1%

🇸🇧Solomon Islands

68.7%

🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis

68.1%

🇺🇬Uganda

68.1%

🇰🇪Kenya

67.8%

🇲🇱Mali

67.8%

🇲🇬Madagascar

67.1%

🇧🇩Bangladesh

66.8%

🇰🇲Comoros

66.1%

🇪🇷Eritrea

65.5%

🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan

65.3%

🇸🇩Sudan

65.1%

🇮🇳India

64.3%

🇬🇩Grenada

63.3%

🇹🇿Tanzania

63.1%

🇾🇪Yemen

63.0%

🇲🇿Mozambique

62.8%

🇬🇳Guinea

61.5%

🇻🇳Vietnam

61.2%

🇲🇺Mauritius

61.0%

🇵🇰Pakistan

60.5%

🇫🇴Faroe Islands

60.4%

🇱🇦Laos

59.7%

🇿🇼Zimbabwe

59.5%

🇰🇭Cambodia

58.9%

🇧🇿Belize

58.4%

🇲🇻Maldives

57.5%

🇪🇬Egypt

57.1%

Highlights

As of 2025, Liechtenstein ranks first with 85.4%, followed by Papua New Guinea (84.2%) and Samoa (82.5%).

Across 215 countries and territories, values run from 85.4% (Liechtenstein) to 0.0% (Sint Maarten), with a median of 35.4%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Oceania, 3 from Africa, 1 from Asia and 1 from Europe.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Rural population (% of total population), 2025. Unit: % of total population.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Rural population (% of total population) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026

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Highlights

As of 2025, Liechtenstein ranks first with 85.4%, followed by Papua New Guinea (84.2%) and Samoa (82.5%).

Across 215 countries and territories, values run from 85.4% (Liechtenstein) to 0.0% (Sint Maarten), with a median of 35.4%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Oceania, 3 from Africa, 1 from Asia and 1 from Europe.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Rural population (% of total population), 2025. Unit: % of total population.